The GOP and conservatives are oftentime anti-intellectual. Scientists are effete liberal snobs? They ignore the science and opt for their world of fantasy instead. The truth is not what they want to hear, they would rather listen to the esteemed scientist Rush Limbaugh, instead. They become tools of corporate power that will stop at nothing to rape the earth for profit.

What liberals have to learn is that science cannot determine a policy in ten or fifteen years based on millions of years in history , Is there global warming sure ! Is it going to destroy the world as we know it in ten years ...............really !

I believe in climate change , winter ,spring ,summer and fall .

I believe we need a science class that really matters for activists to actually have to pass in their learning grades !

31 scientists cry out "global warming " what about all the rest ? If I got a constant monetary drivel from D.C. in $ study grants , I too could create a hugely debatable issue to keep receiving that Government Subsidy money Too and receive it for decades to come . Why do liberals so willingly destroy the character of corporate America for receiving subsidized welfare yet never admit the very same hypocrisy for scientists studying the color of frogs eye's ?

How many tax dollars go to study something so scientifically debatable as global warming ? Any outcry from liberals there? .......................................Only crickets once again!

If 10 cardiologists diagnosed you with a heart condition and said you needed surgery or you would die within a year, and 2 cardiologists agreed you had the condition but that no action was required because the condition was just a naturally occuring cycle in your life, would you forego the surgery in favor of the minority?

Yes, there is plenty of debate about how the heart functions: what makes it function best, what damages it, what is the best treatment for atherosclerosis, etc. There is, however, consensus around certain treatments and best scenarios for prevention, just like there is with climate change.

Oh, please. Some doctors will tell you a glass of wine a day is good for your heart. Others will tell you it is not. Some studies have shown moderate consumption of hard liquor is associated with reduced risk of heart attack; others have shown the opposite. Some doctors will tell you to walk 15 minutes a day to help your heart; others will say you need a minimum of 30 minutes. Some doctors will tell you dairy products cause heart palpitations; others say no.

So then there really is no scientific scholarly debate on what does and does not cause damage to your heart, just the old "some studies show". Where's your source? Vanity fair? I heard there is an ongoing debate on how to improve your sex life on page 97 next to the add for Cialis.

I love how you refer to people who do not share your limited world view as "science deniers" It's akin to saying anyone who disagrees with you is a holocaust denier. Very divisive. The point of the scientific process is to upset the standing order, or at least to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that a theory is true thus classifying it into a law. This is the normal process for every kind of scientific research except for the subjects of evolution and climate change because they are a form of religion. Any deviation from the standing order is heresy.

I'm not reading a 164 page link on the heart, where's the scientific debate on factors which cause damage to the heart? I'm asking for evidence and you are the one calling me anti-intellectual? The truth is, I'm just not into your religion.

Not sure what "science" you are following regarding the big debate on how the heart works as you have not provided me with any evidence to your claims. It's certainly disappointing to see you give up so quickly on your search to prove yourself right. But that's what you get when you ask liberals to present facts.

Again, you stated; "there is plenty of debate about how the heart functions" prove it.

Scientific theories cannot be proven "beyond a shadow of a doubt". That's a practical impossibility, given that science is based on inductive reasoning. That's why General Relativity is still described as a theory, as is evolution.

And scientific theories do not generally turn into scientific laws. Such laws usually form the basis of scientific theories, e.g. the law of universal gravitation being the basis of the general theory of relativity.

Well sort of. They use deductive reasoning as the basis or hypothesis, and use those possibilities to reach a plausible conclusion. According to the University of California, the scientific theory uses deduction to test hypothesis and theories. This process is always interrupted when anyone challenges a theory that does not fit into their preconceived notions on climate change or evolution.

These are the only two scientific theories that abandon any deductive evidence which does not fit into their preconceived narrative.

Deduction is certainly used to test hypotheses, but hypotheses themselves are formed on the basis of inductive reasoning. They are generalisations inferred from specific observations. So when a scientific explanation is deemed "proven", it does not mean proven "beyond a shadow of a doubt" as in most cases that would be impossible. It means it is the explanation for a given phenomenon that is most supported by currently available empirical evidence. Applying that to climate change: we have observed the climate is warming. One explanation is that human activity is the main cause. According to the scientific community, that explanation is the one most supported by currently available empirical evidence.

I have to ask the Conservatives why the difficulty in understanding the concept of climate change? Are they dupes for those greedy corporate types who want to regard the planet with its fragile ecosystem and finite resources as their own personal toilet, at the expense of the rest of us who have to live here?

I read an article on the article about the 'global climate emergency' that wasn't really. It quoted several scientists in debunking the original article. One scientist stated that he liked to attribute changes in climate to human activity. I found that interesting. He liked. It doesn't sound very scientific to me.

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